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On the postage stamp “Minorities and national communities of Lithuania. Belarusians ”depicts a woman dressed in Belarusian national clothes.
The brand name is 0.55 euros, the circulation is 20 thousand. units, reported the state company.
The first day envelope will be delivered with it.
It was decided to issue a postage stamp for Belarusians as it is one of the largest national minority communities in the country. It is believed that Belarusians lived in Lithuania, more precisely, at that time in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, already in the 13th and 18th centuries.
Most of the Belarusians now living in Lithuania settled in Lithuania after the Second World War. At the beginning of 2018, Belarusians accounted for 1.2 percent. of the entire population of Lithuania. It is the third largest national minority in the country.
Lithuanian Post started issuing postage stamps for national minorities in 2014. Posters for Karaites, Jews, Tatars and Poles have already been issued.
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